Investigators report on VBS: The great bank heist

15 Oct 2018

A SARB Statement The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) received the forensic investigation report into the affairs of VBS Mutual Bank (VBS) from Advocate Terry Motau SC on 5 October 2018. This report was in pursuance of Advocate...

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The Sunday Times’ mea culpa reflects deeply embedded weaknesses in the system

15 Oct 2018

PBM South Africa’s largest newspaper, The Sunday Times, has taken an extraordinary step of declaring a fleet of ‘investigative stories’ it published about eight years ago as misleading and inappropriate. In an editorial published on Sunday,...

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South Africa’s new finance minister, Tito Mboweni: A reflection of what makes him tick

14 Oct 2018

Too much time has been lost and in the process, ‘the rats and mice have been feeding’ on the movement’s glorious history and achievements By: Ujuh Reporter A lot is being offered in the way of...

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Here are all the members of the new Legal Practice Council

13 Oct 2018

By: ProBonoMatters South Africa’s new Legal Practice Council (LPC) has been largely constituted after voting by eligible practicing lawyers in a move that promises to change the face of the country’s legal profession. The standing LPC is...

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Have you been ill treated by a lawyer: You can lodge a complain here…

13 Oct 2018

PBM Have you been ill-treated by an attorney in their line of duty. You can lodge a complaint against that attorney with the Law Society of South  Africa. Here follows a brief outline issued by the...

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World politics explainer: the end of Apartheid

11 Oct 2018

David Robinson, Edith Cowan University This article is part of our series of explainers on key moments in the past 100 years of world political history. In it, our authors examine how and why an event...

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The Sasol Inzalo fiasco: Sasol responds to questions about position of ex-employees

10 Oct 2018

By: Ujuh Reporter Ex-employees of petrochemicals giant, Sasol, are seeing red due to what they see as an unjust exclusion in the winding down of the Sasol Inzalo B-BBEE transaction and in the establishment of the...

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Sasol ex-employees cry foul after B-BBEE deal fails to make final cash payout

10 Oct 2018

By: Sibonelo Radebe Petrochemicals giant, Sasol, is facing a rising tide of protest from its former South African employees who feel robbed after they were excluded from benefiting in the winding down of Sasol’s 10 years...

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Sensitive client data may have been exposed in cyber attack on Hetzner

9 Oct 2018

Ujuh Reporter Sensitive client data in the hands of global web services firm, Hetzner, may have been compromised in the latest attack discovered last week. This data includes names and email addresses of Hetzner client, phone...

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SARS to impose hefty penalties for companies that fail to submit income tax returns

8 Oct 2018

By: ProBonoMatters As from December 2018, companies that fail to submit their income tax returns will be slapped with hefty penalties, ranging from R250 to R16 000 per month. That’s a warning issued by the South...

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eHomeAffairs allows you to apply for an ID or Passport via the internet: Here’s how it works

7 Oct 2018

By: ProBonoMatters South African citizens can now avoid long queues associated with applying for identity and travel documents at the Home Affairs stations by applying for these documents via the internet. This is courtesy of a...

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The R500m SABC/MultiChoice deal must be scrutinised by the Competition Commission

2 Oct 2018

By: PBM The Competition Commission has been granted a right to scrutinise the controversial R500 million deal between  the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) of Hlaudi Motsoeneng days and pay television operation MultiChoice. This results from...

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Community schools in Egypt: lessons on what works, and what doesn’t

30 Sep 2018

Community schools reach otherwise unschooled children. Ray Langsten Ray Langsten, American University in Cairo Many countries across the world have made promises of “education for all” – providing quality education to all children of school-going age....

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Is a polygraph a reliable lie detector?

30 Sep 2018

Does your body give away if you’re lying or not? AP Photo/Edward Kitch Jessica Gabel Cino, Georgia State University Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who’s accused Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual...

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Did you get a re-log-in prompt? Your Facebook account maybe compromised

29 Sep 2018

By: SATopShops Did you get an unexpected prompt to re-log-in into you Facebook account on Friday the 28th of September 2018? We did. If you also did get this Facebook re-log-in prompt, chances are, you are...

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Is your unoccupied property adequately insured? Here’s what you need to know

27 Sep 2018

Bertus Visser, Chief Executive of Distribution, PSG Insure Your holiday home might be in a sleepy seaside town where crime is the last thing on your mind. But your insurer is likely to see it differently....

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South African court frees cannabis from colonial and apartheid past

26 Sep 2018

Thembisa Waetjen, University of Johannesburg A ruling by the South African Constitutional Court opens the way for decriminalising private use of cannabis, locally known as “dagga”. It marks a definitive shift in a century of notoriously...

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What next as Sasol Inzalo Public BEE schemes comes to an end: Here all you need to know

17 Sep 2018

Ujuh Reporter On the 17th of September 2018, Sasol Inzalo Public (SIPBEE) paid out about R1.3 billion or R85.63 per share (less tax) to its investors bringing to an end the life of this broad based black...

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‘Fake food’ in South Africa: myths, misinformation and not enough data

14 Sep 2018

‘Fake food’ in South Africa: myths, misinformation and not enough data Foreign spaza shop owners are being accused of selling “fake” food. Shutterstock Jane Battersby, University of Cape Town and Gareth Haysom, University of Cape Town...

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Monash South Africa students petition against sale to ADvTech: Here’s why?

13 Sep 2018

PBM The Student Representative Council (SRC) of Monash South Africa have launched an online petition that protest against the sale of the private university to a JSE listed private education group ADvTECH. They are concerned that...

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